Polyalkylene oxide asymmetric siloxane

ABSTRACT

An asymmetric siloxane is made by reacting a silicone having the formula M H D x M′ H  where M H  is R 1 R 2 HSiO 1/2 , M′ H  is R 4 R 5 HSiO 1/2  and x is an integer 0≦x≦10 under selective hydrosilylation conditions in the presence of a precious metal hydrosilylation catalyst, with a first olefinic compound and in a second step, a monohydridosiloxane produced in the first step is reacted under hydrosilylating conditions with another olefinic compound different from the first olefinic compound.

This application is a division Ser. No. 11/754,331 filed May 28, 2007,now U.S. Pat. No. 7,947,798 which is a division of Ser. No. 11/457,446,filed Jul. 13, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,259,220.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to a selective process for hydrosilylation ofdihydridosiloxanes in the manufacture of asymmetric organosiloxanescontaining at least one polyalkylene oxide group. More specifically, theinvention relates to a method to make an asymmetric siloxane containingat least one polyalkylene oxide group and novel compositions.

Organosiloxanes containing polyalkylene oxide groups may be used asdispersants, wetting agents, spreading agents and emulsifiers inagricultural chemical formulations and in other wetting, spreading,foaming and detergent applications. Formulations containingorganosiloxanes are commonly used in forestry, agriculture, andhorticulture as agricultural adjuvants to improve efficacy ofagrochemical active ingredients such as micronutrients, growthregulators, biologicals, pesticides such as herbicides, fungicides,insecticides, acaracides and miticides.

Organosiloxanes may be formed from a reaction of a hydridosiloxane withan olefin such as an aliphatic olefin or olefin-terminated polyalkyleneoxide such as allyl-, vinyl- and methallyl-terminated polyalkyleneoxides. Likewise, olefins such as allyl chloride or 1-octene may bereacted with a hydridosilane such as trim ethoxy silane in the presenceof an appropriate precious metal catalyst. These precious metalcatalysts include complexes of rhodium, ruthenium, palladium, osmium,iridium or platinum.

Many of these known organosiloxanes may only be used in aqueousformulations within a narrow pH range, ranging from a slightly acidic pHof 6 to a very mildly basic pH of 7.5. Outside this narrow pH range,these known organosiloxanes may not be stable to hydrolysis undergoingrapid decomposition. Recently, asymmetric organosiloxanes that containat least one polyalkylene oxide group have been disclosed that providestable performance in aqueous formulations that are outside of thisnarrow pH range. However, these asymmetric organosiloxanes are difficultto manufacture because the processes are not selective. These processesgenerate mixtures of components that have undesirable characteristics,such as a decrease in the welting and spreading properties of theorganosiloxanes. Therefore, a need exists for an efficient, selectiveand cost effective process to make these asymmetric organosiloxanes.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to an efficient and cost effective process to makeasymmetric organosiloxanes that can contain at least one polyalkyleneoxide group.

The invention can be described as a method to make an asymmetricorganosiloxane comprising in a first step, reacting a dihydridosiloxaneunder hydrosilylation conditions in the presence of a precious metalhydrosilylation catalyst, with an hydrocarbon or heterocarbon compoundcontaining a terminal carbon to carbon double bond to farm amonohydridosiloxane, and in a second step, hydrosilylating themonohydridosiloxane with a second and different hydrocarbon orheterocarbon compound containing a terminal carbon to carbon double bondand in the presence of the same or different hydrosilylation catalystunder hydrosilylation conditions to form an asymmetrically substitutedorganosiloxane, wherein the asymmetric organosiloxane product containsat least one polyalkylene oxide group.

In an embodiment, the invention is a method to form amonohydridosiloxane, comprising effecting a hydrosilylation of a molarexcess of greater than 1:1 up to less than 4:1 of dihydridosiloxane ofthe formula M^(H)D_(x)M′^(H) where M^(H) is R¹R²HSiO_(1/2), M′^(H) isR⁴R³HSiO_(1/2) and x is an integer such that 0≦x≦10 bond, in thepresence of a rhodium hydrosilylation catalyst with a compound having analiphatic unsaturated double bond; where each of R¹, R², R⁴ and R⁵ isindependently the same or different and each is a hydrocarbon radical,an alkoxy radical or alkenyloxy radical; and recovering amonohydridosiloxane.

In another embodiment, the invention is a method to make an asymmetricsiloxane, comprising: in a first step, reacting a silicone having theformula M^(H)D_(x)M′^(H) where M^(H) is R¹R²HSiO_(1/2), M^(H) isR⁴R⁵HSiO_(1/2) and x is an integer 0≦x≦10 under selectivehydrosilylation conditions in the presence of a rhodium catalyst, withan olefinic compound containing one or more terminal carbon to carbondouble bonds to form a monohydridosiloxane; where each of R¹, R², R⁴ andR⁵ is independently the same or different and each is a hydrocarbonradical, an alkoxy radical or alkenyloxy radical; and in a second step,hydrosilylating the monohydridosiloxane with an polyalkylene oxide of 2to 10 carbon atoms and different from the first olefinic compound andhaving one or more alkylene oxide groups containing one or more terminalcarbon to carbon double bonds to form an asymmetric siloxane. In anotherembodiment, the invention is a method to form an asymmetric siloxane,comprising: effecting a monoselective hydrosilylation reaction between amolar excess of a dihydridosiloxane and a first aliphatic unsaturatedcompound in the presence of a rhodium hydrosilylation catalyst to form amonohydridosiloxane; and hydrosilylating the monohydridosiloxane withalkylene oxide compound containing one or more terminal carbon to carbondouble bonds to form an asymmetric siloxane.

In still another embodiment, the invention is a method to form anasymmetric siloxane; comprising adding a molar excess of less man 4:1 ofa dihydridosiloxane to an aliphatic unsaturated compound in the presenceof a precious metal hydrosilylation catalyst and adding an alkyleneoxide containing one or more terminal carbon to carbon double bonds tocomplete hydrosilylation to form art asymmetrically substitutedsiloxane.

In still another embodiment, the invention is a method to make anasymmetrically substituted organosiloxane containing at least onepolyalkylene oxide group comprising, (a) in a first step, reacting adihydridosiloxane having the chemical formulaM^(H)D_(x)M′^(H)in the presence of a precious metal catalysts independently selectedfrom the group consisting of rhodium, ruthenium, palladium, osmium,iridium and platinum under selective hydrosilylation conditions with anunsaturated hydrocarbon containing from about 2 to about 100 carbonatoms, and one or more terminal carbon to carbon double bonds or with anunsaturated heterocarbon containing from about 3 to about 100 carbonatoms, one or more terminal carbon to carbon double bonds and at leastone oxygen or at least one silicon atom that has replaced a carbon atomto form a monohydridosiloxane wherein: each occurrence of M^(H) isindependently selected from the species R¹R²HSiO_(1/2); each occurrenceof M′^(H) is independently selected irons the species R⁴R⁵HSiO_(1/2);each occurrence of D is independently selected from the species(R)₂SiO_(1/2); each occurrence of the subscript x is independently aninteger from about 0 to about 10; each occurrence of R, R¹, R², R⁴ andR⁵ is independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbonof from 1 to about 50 carbon atoms and a heterocarbon of from about 1 to100 carbon atoms containing at least one oxygen or at least one siliconatom that has replaced a carbon atom; and (b) in a second step,hydrosilylating the monohydridosiloxane with a different unsaturatedhydrocarbon containing from about 2 to about 100 carbon atoms and one ormore terminal carbon to carbon double bonds or with a differentunsaturated heterocarbon containing from about 3 to about 100 carbonatoms, one or more terminal carbon to carbon double bonds and at leastone oxygen or at least one silicon atom that has replaced a carbon atomin the presence of the same or different precious metal hydrosilylationcatalyst to form an asymmetric siloxane and with the proviso that atleast one heterocarbon containing one or more terminal carbon to carbondouble bond is a polyalkylene oxide compound with one or more terminalcarbon to carbon double bonds.

In another embodiment, the invention is an asymmetric siloxane,comprising: MD_(x)M′ where M=R¹R²R³SiO_(1/2) and M′=R⁴R⁵R⁶SiO_(1/2);wherein D=(R)₂SiO, and x is an integer 0≦x≦10; each of R, R¹, R², R⁴ andR⁵ is independently the same or different and each is a hydrocarbonradical, an alkoxy radical or alkenyloxy radical and each of R³ and R⁶is independently a different alkylene oxide moiety of 2 to 10 carbonatoms.

In another embodiment, the invention is an asymmetric siloxane,comprising: the chemical of the formula MD_(x)M′ wherein each occurrenceof M is independently R¹R²R³SiO_(1/2); each occurrence of M′ isR⁴R⁵R⁶SiO_(1/2); each occurrence of D is independently (R)₂SiO; eachoccurrence of the subscript x is independently an integer from about 0to about 10; each occurrence of R¹R², R⁴ and R⁵ is independentlyselected from the group consisting of the same or different monovalenthydrocarbon radical of from 3 to 6 carbon atoms and the R⁸R⁹R¹⁰SiR¹²radical wherein each occurrence R⁸, R⁹ and R¹⁰ is independently amonovalent hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, amonovalent aryl hydrocarbon radical having from 6 to 13 carbon atoms ora monovalent alkaryl hydrocarbon radical having from 6 to 13 carbonatoms and R¹² is a divalent hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 3carbon atoms; and each occurrence of R³ and R⁶ is independently adifferent polyalkylene oxide moiety of 3 to 10 carbon atoms.

In another embodiment, the invention is an asymmetric siloxanecomprising 1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane.

In another embodiment, the invention is pesticidal composition,comprising at least one active pesticide and an asymmetric siloxane.

In still another embodiment, the invention is fungicide composition,comprising at least one active fungicide and an asymmetric siloxane.

In still another embodiment, the invention is an agricultural orhorticultural formulation, comprising a herbicide and an asymmetricsiloxane adjuvant.

In still another embodiment, the invention is an agricultural orhorticultural formulation, comprising a pesticide and an asymmetricsiloxane adjuvant.

In still another embodiment, the invention is a coating composition,comprising an active coating component and an asymmetric siloxanewetting agent or surfactant.

And, in still another embodiment, the invention is a personal careemulsion, comprising an aqueous discontinuous phase and a continuousphase comprising an asymmetric siloxane.

And, in another embodiment, the invention is a personal care emulsion,comprising a continuous non-aqueous hydroxylic solvent phase and adiscontinuous phase comprising an asymmetric siloxane.

In still another embodiment, the invention is a home care compositioncomprising an active cleaning, softening or polishing component and anasymmetric siloxane.

In another embodiment, the invention is a surfactant composition,comprising an asymmetric siloxane and an active co-surfactant.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to an efficient and cost effective process to makeasymmetric organosiloxanes that contain at least one polyalkylene oxidegroup comprising in a first step, reacting a dihydridosiloxane underhydrosilylation conditions in the presence of a precious metalhydrosilylation catalysts, with an hydrocarbon or heterocarbon compoundcontaining a terminal carbon to carbon double bond to form amonohydridosiloxane, and in a second step, hydrosilylating themonohydridosiloxane with a second and different hydrocarbon orheterocarbon compound containing a terminal carbon to carbon double bondand in the presence of the same or different hydrosilylation catalystunder hydrosilylation conditions to form an asymmetrically substitutedorganosiloxane.

In another embodiment, the invention is a method to form amonohydridosiloxane, comprising effecting a hydrosilylation of a molarexcess of greater than 1:1 up to less than 4:1 of dihydridosiloxanehaving the chemical Formula (1):M^(H)D_(x)M′^(H)  (1)wherein M^(H), M′^(H), D and x are defined above, in the presence of arhodium hydrosilylation catalyst with an unsaturated hydrocarboncontaining from about 2 to about 100 carbon atoms, one or more terminal,carbon to carbon double bonds or with an unsaturated heteroatomcontaining from about 3 to about 100 carbon atoms, at least one oxygenatom or at least one silicon atom and one or more terminal carbon tocarbon double bonds to give a monohydridosiloxane and recovering themonohydridosiloxane.

In another embodiment, the invention is a method to make an asymmetricsiloxane containing at least one polyalkylene oxide group, comprising ina first step, reacting a dihydridosiloxane having the chemical Formula(1):M^(H)D_(x)M′^(H)  (1)wherein M^(H), M′^(H), D and x are defined above and each occurrence ofR, R¹, R², R⁴ and R⁵ is independently the same or different and each isa hydrocarbon radical, an alkoxy radical or alkenyloxy radicalcontaining from about 1 to 50 carbon atoms, in the presence of aprecious metal catalyst, and more specifically a rhodium catalyst, underselective hydrosilylation conditions, with an unsaturated hydrocarboncontaining from about 2 to about 50 carbon atoms and one or moreterminal carbon to carbon double bonds or with an unsaturatedheterocarbon containing from about 3 to 50 carbon atoms, at least onesilicon or oxygen atom, and one or more terminal carbon to carbon doublebonds to form a monohydridosiloxane; and in a second step,hydrosilylating the monohydridosiloxane with an unsaturated heterocarboncontaining from about 2 to about 50 carbon atoms, at least one oxygenatom and one or more terminal carbon to carbon double bonds, and morespecifically, an unsaturated polyalkylene oxide containing from about 4to about 50 carbon atoms and one or more terminal carbon to carbondouble bond and different from the first unsaturated hydrocarbon orheterocarbon in the presence of the same or different precious metalhydrosilylation catalyst to form an asymmetric siloxane.

In another embodiment, the present invention is a method to form anasymmetric siloxane, comprising effecting a selective hydrosilylationreaction between a dihydridosiloxane and a first aliphatic unsaturatedhydrocarbon containing one or more terminal carbon to carbon doublebonds in the presence of a precious metal catalyst, and morespecifically, a rhodium hydrosilylation catalyst, to form amonohydridosiloxane; and, in a second step, hydrosilylating themonohydridosiloxane with another different aliphatic unsaturatedhydrocarbon containing one or more terminal carbon to carbon doublebonds to form an asymmetric siloxane.

In another embodiment, the present invention is a method to form anasymmetric siloxane containing at least one carbon to carbon double bondcomprising adding a molar excess of less than 4:1 of a dihydridosiloxaneto an aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon containing one or more terminalcarbon to carbon double bonds in the presence of a precious metalhydrosilylation catalyst and, in a second step, adding a alkylene oxidecontaining a terminal carbon to carbon double bond to completehydrosilylation and to form an asymmetrically substituted siloxane.

In yet another embodiment, the invention is art asymmetric siloxanecomprising the chemical Formula (5):MD_(x)M′  (5)wherein M is R¹R²R³SiO_(1/2); M′ is R⁴R⁵R⁶SiO_(1/2); D is (R)₂SiO; x isindependently an integer from about 0 to about 10; each occurrence of R,R¹, R², R⁴ and R⁵ is independently the same or different and definedabove; and each occurrence of R³ and R⁶ is independently a heterocarbonradical containing from about 3 to about 10 carbon atoms, and at leastone oxygen atom and with the proviso that R³ is different from R⁶, andmore specifically an polyalkylene oxide moiety of 3 to 10 carbon atoms.

In another embodiment, the invention is an asymmetric organosiloxanecomprising 1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane.

Important organosiloxanes are made by one or more of the methodsdescribed in commonly assigned 7,507,775 and 7,935,842.

Rajaraman et al. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/300,100, filed 13DEC 2005 teaches a disiloxane surfactant compositions composing asilicone composition comprising a silicone having the formula, MM′wherein M is R¹R²R³SiO_(1/2) and M′ is R⁴R⁵R⁶SiO_(1/2) with R³ selectedfrom the group consisting of branched monovalent hydrocarbon radical offrom 3 to 6 carbon atoms and R⁸R⁹R¹⁰SiR¹² radical wherein eachoccurrence of R⁸, R⁹, and R¹⁰ is independently selected from the groupof monovalent hydrocarbon radicals having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms andmonovalent aryl or aralkyl hydrocarbon radicals having from 6 to 13carbon atoms and R¹² is a divalent hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to3 carbon atoms, R¹ and R² are each independently selected from the groupof from 1 to 6 carbon atom monovalent hydrocarbon radicals or R³, R⁶ isan polyalkylene oxide of the general Formula (6):R¹⁸(C₂H₄O)_(a)(C₃H₆O)_(b)(C₄H₈O)_(c)R¹⁶  (6)wherein R¹⁸ is a divalent linear or branched hydrocarbon radical havingthe structure —CH₂—CH(R¹³)(R¹²)_(d)O— where R¹³ is hydrogen or methyl;R¹⁶ is a divalent alkyl radical of 1 to 6 carbons where the subscript dmay be 0 or 1; R¹⁶ is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen,monovalent hydrocarbon radicals of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and acetylwhere the subscripts a, b and c are zero or positive and satisfy thefollowing relationships: 2≦a+b+c≦20 with a≧2, and R⁴ and R⁵ are eachindependently selected from the group of monovalent hydrocarbon radicalshaving from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or R⁶.

U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/300,100 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,507,775,teaches a composition comprising a siloxane having the formula, MM′,wherein M is R¹R²R³SiO_(1/2) and M′ is R⁴R⁵R⁶SiO_(1/2); with R³ selectedfrom the group consisting of a branched monovalent hydrocarbon radicalof from 3 to 6 carbon atoms and R⁸R⁹R¹⁰SiR¹² with R⁸, R⁹, and R¹⁰ eachindependently selected from the group of monovalent hydrocarbon radicalshaving from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and monovalent aryl or aralkylhydrocarbon radicals having from 6 to 13 carbon atoms and R¹² is adivalent hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R¹ and R²are each independently selected from the group of from 1 to 6 carbonatom monovalent hydrocarbon radicals or R³, R⁶ is a polyalkylene oxideof the general Formula (7):R¹⁸(C₂H₄O)_(a)(C₃H₆O)_(b)(C₄H₈O)_(c)R¹⁶  (7)wherein each occurrence of R¹⁸ is a divalent linear or branchedhydrocarbon radical having the structure, —CH₂—CH(R¹³)(R¹²)_(d)O—,wherein R¹³ is hydrogen or methyl; R¹² is a divalent alkyl radical of 1to 6 carbons where the subscript d may be 0 or 1, R¹⁶ is selected fromthe group consisting of hydrogen, monovalent hydrocarbon radicals offrom 1 to 6 carbon atoms and acetyl where the subscripts a, b and c arezero or positive and satisfy the following relationships: 2≦a+b+c≦20with a≧2, and R⁴ and R⁵ are each independently selected from the groupof monovalent hydrocarbon radicals having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms orR⁶.

U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/350,426, now U.S. Pat. No.7,935,842, teaches a trisilicone composition comprising a siliconehaving the formula, MD¹M′, wherein M is (R¹)(R²)(R³)SiO_(1/2); M′ is(R⁴)(R⁵)(R⁶)SiO_(1/2); and D¹ is (R)(Z)SiO_(2/2) where R³ is selectedfrom the group of monovalent hydrocarbon radicals consisting of branchedor linear hydrocarbon group consisting of 2 to 4 carbons, aryl, and analkyl hydrocarbon group of 4 to 9 carbons containing aryl constituentsof 6 to 20 carbon, atoms; R, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, and R⁶ are eachindependently selected from the group consisting of 1 to 4 carbonmonovalent hydrocarbon radicals, aryl, and a hydrocarbon, group of 4 to9 carbons containing an aryl group; Z is an alkylene oxide group of thegeneral Formula (8):R¹⁹(C₂H₄O)_(a)(C₃H₆O)_(b)(C₄H₈O)_(c)R¹⁶  (8)wherein R¹⁹ is a linear or branched divalent hydrocarbon radical of 2,3, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 carbon atoms; R¹⁶ is selected from the groupconsisting of hydrogen, monovalent hydrocarbon radicals of from 1 to 6carbon atoms and acetyl, and the subscripts a, b and c are zero orpositive and satisfy the following relationships: 2≦a+b+c≦20 with a≧2.

U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/379,592, now abandoned, teaches acomposition comprising a silicon containing compound having the Formula(9):(R¹)(R²)(R³)Si—R¹²—Si(R⁴)(R⁵)(R⁶)  (9)wherein R¹, R², R³, R⁴, and R⁵ are each independently selected from thegroup consisting of 1 to 6 monovalent hydrocarbon radicals, aryl, and ahydrocarbon group of 7 to 10 carbons containing an aryl group; R¹² is ahydrocarbon group of 1 to 3 carbons; R⁶ is an alkylene oxide group ofthe general Formula (7).R¹⁸(C₂H₄O)_(a)(C₃H₆O)_(b)(C₄H₈O)_(c)R¹⁶  (7)where R¹⁸ is a divalent linear or branched hydrocarbon radical havingthe structure —CH₂—CH(R¹³)(R¹²)_(d)O— where R¹³ is hydrogen or methyl;R¹² is a divalent alkyl radical of 1 to 6 carbons where the subscript dmay be 0 or 1; R¹⁶ is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen,monovalent hydrocarbon radicals of 1 to 6 carbon atoms and acetyl,subject to the limitation that the subscripts a, b and c are zero orpositive and satisfy the following relationships: 2≦a+b+c≦20 with a≧2.

In an embodiment of the present invention, M^(H)D_(x)M′^(H) is reacted,under hydrosilylation conditions, with a reactant containing one or morecarbon-to-carbon double bonds, such as a hydrocarbon or heterocarboncompound containing a terminal carbon to carbon double bond or anolefinically modified polyalkylene oxide. In M^(H)D_(x)M′^(H), M^(H) andM′^(H) are the same or different hydride precursors to an M structuralunit where M is R¹R²R³SiO_(1/2) and M′ is R⁴R⁵R⁶SiO_(1/2).

In an embodiment of the invention, a dihydridosiloxane of the formulaM^(H)D_(x)M′^(H) is reacted in a first step hydrosilylation reactionwith a first polyalkylene oxide having one or more alkylene oxide groupscontaining one or more terminal carbon to carbon double bonds to form amonohydridosiloxane. Then, the monohydridosiloxane from the first stepis hydrosilylated with another polyalkylene oxide different from thefirst polyalkylene oxide and having one or more alkylene oxide groupscontaining one or more terminal carbon-to-carbon double bonds to form anasymmetric siloxane. In this embodiment, D is (R)₂SiO with x an integerranging from about 0 to about 10. In a specific embodiment, x=0 and thedihydridosiloxane is M^(H)M′^(H). In (R)₂SiO, each R group isindependently the same or different and each represents a hydrocarbonradical or an alkoxy polyalkenyloxy radical.

A second step of an embodiment of the inventive process compriseshydrosilylating the monohydridosiloxane formed in the first step withanother polyalkylene oxide different from the first polyalkylene oxideand having one or more alkylene oxide groups containing one or moreterminal carbon to carbon double bonds to form, an asymmetric siloxane.

Dihydridosiloxane

A “dihydridosiloxane” as used herein is a compound that contains two ormore silicon-hydrogen bonds and one or more silicon-oxygen bonds. Theterm is intended to include oligomeric, cyclomeric, polymeric andcopolymeric hydridosiloxanes. The terra “hydrosilylation” refers to theaddition of Si—H bonds to carbon-to-carbon double bonds like C═C. Theterm “selective hydrosilylation conditions” means conditions that resultin selective hydrosilylation substantially at a single hydride positionof a dihydride starting material. The conditions may be combinations ofreactant molar ratios and catalyst.

The dihydridosiloxane starting material of the invention process istypically a fluid with a hydrogen content of from about 25 cc/gm toabout 334 cc/gm and more specifically from about 150 cc/gm to about 334cc/gm. The dihydridosiloxane may run a range of reactants from a monomerreactant, such as 1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane (M^(H)M′^(H)) to apolymer equilibrate fluid reactant having a structure ofM^(H)D_(x)M′^(H), wherein M^(H) is R¹R²HSiO_(1/2), M′^(H) is the same ordifferent R⁴R⁵HSiO_(1/2) and D=(R)₂SiO where R, R¹, R², R⁴ and R⁵ aredefined above and x is an integer such that the structures includematerials of the range from about 0 to about 10, more specially fromabout 0 to about 2, and most specifically, about 0. The formula givenhere and elsewhere herein, such as M^(H)D_(x)M′^(H), are to beunderstood as representing average compositions of statistical polymers,unless otherwise noted.

Representative examples of suitable R, R¹, R², R⁴ and R⁵ radicals are C₁to C₁₂ alkyl radicals, such as the non-limiting examples of methyl,ethyl, propyl, butyl, isopentyl, n-hexyl, and decyl; cycloaliphaticradicals containing 5 to 1.2 carbon atoms, such as the non-limitingexamples of cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, methylcyclohexyl, norbornyl, andcyclooctyl; aralkyl radicals, such as the non-limiting examples ofphenyl ethyl, benzyl and 2-phenyl-1-methylethyl; and aryl radicals, suchas the non-limiting examples of phenyl and napthyl; optionallysubstituted with 1 to 6 alkyl groups of up to 6 carbon atoms, such asthe non-limiting examples of tolyl and xylyl; alkoxy radicals containingform about 1 to about 12 carbon atoms, such as methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy,butoxy, and decyloxy and more specifically alkoxy radical containingfrom about 3 to about 6 carbon atoms, such as the non-limiting examplesof isopropyl, isobutyl, neopentyl, isopentyl and neohexyl. Illustrativeexamples of R also include polyalkyleneoxy radicals, such as thenon-limiting examples of CH₃O(CH₂CH₂O)_(a)(CH₂CH(CH₃O)_(b)—CH₂CH₂CH₂—,CH₃C(═O)O(CH₂CH₂O)_(a)(CH₂CH(CH₃)O)_(b)—CH₂CH₂CH₂— andCH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂O(CH₂CH₂O)_(a)(CH₂CH(CH₃O)_(b)—CH₂CH₂CH₂—, in which thesubscripts a and b may vary from 0 to about 200 and a+b>0. A specificexample of R, R¹, R², R⁴or R⁵ radical is methyl.

Olefinic Reactant

The hydrocarbon or heterocarbon reactants containing one or moreterminal carbon to carbon double bonds employed in the practice of thepresent invention may be any that react with a hydridosilane orhydridosiloxane in the desired reaction. As employed herein, the term“hydrocarbon” means any organic compound that contains carbon andhydrogen atoms and includes unsaturated hydrocarbons, that has anethylenic or acetylenic unsaturation capable of being hydrosilylated,including acetylene, allyl, and vinyl starting materials. As employedherein, the term “heterocarbon” means any hydrocarbon in which one ormore carbon atoms are replaced with an oxygen atom or a silicon atom.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a specific heterocarboncontaining one or more terminal carbon to carbon double bonds for use inthe practice of the first step of the present invention is avinylsilane, such as the non-limiting examples trimethylvinylsilane,triethyl vinylsilane, dimethyl-tert-butoxyvinylsilane,dimethylisopropoxyvinylsilane, tris-(trimethylsiloxy)vinylsilane,methyl-bis-(tert-butoxy)vinylsilane and tris-(tert-butoxy)vinylsilane,while a specific heterocarbon containing one or more terminal carbon tocarbon double bonds in the second step is a terminally unsaturatedpolyalkylene oxide.

In still another embodiment, other useful hydrocarbon or heterocarbonreactants containing one or more terminal double bonds include but arenot limited to an olefin started alkane, such as the non-limitingexamples, 1-octene, 1-hexene, amylene, and 1-octadecene; an olefinstarted alcohol, and an olefin substituted epoxide, such as thenon-limiting examples allyl glycidyl ether, or vinylcyclohexenemonoxide.

In yet another embodiment, heterocarbon reactants containing one or moreterminal carbon to carbon double bonds include terminally unsaturatedpolyalkylene oxides corresponding to the Formula (10):R²⁰(OC_(a)H_(2a))_(n)OR²¹  (10)wherein each occurrence of a is independently an integer from about 2 toabout 4 for each unit; each occurrence of n is independently an integerfrom about 1 to about 200; each occurrence of R²⁰ is independently analkenyl group and specifically an alpha-olefinic group containing fromabout 2 to about 10 carbon atoms and most specifically an allyl,medially or vinyl group; and each occurrence of R²¹ is independentlyselected from the group of a monovalent radical and more specifically ahydrogen, an alkyl group containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an acyl groupcontaining 2 to 5 carbon atoms, a 2-oxacycloalkyl group of 4 to 6 carbonatoms and a trialkylsilyl group.

It is understood that the polyalkylene oxide moiety may be a block orrandom copolymer of oxyethylene, oxypropylene or oxybutylene units andis typically a blend of molecules of varying chain length andcomposition and in the foregoing formula. In an embodiment,“olefinically modified polyalkylene oxide” is a molecule possessing oneor more alkylene oxide groups containing one or more, terminal orpendant, carbon-carbon double bonds. Representative olefinicallymodified polyalkylene oxides include allyloxypolyethylene oxide andmethallyloxypolyethylene oxide and other possible olefinically modifiedalkylene oxide components.

Where the olefinically modified polyalkylene oxide is a polyether, itmay be described by the general Formula (11):CH₂═CH(R¹³)(R¹²)_(d)(C₂H₄O)_(a)(C₃H₆O)_(b)(C₄H₈O)_(c)R¹⁶  (11)wherein R¹³ is hydrogen or methyl; R¹² is a divalent alkyl radical of 1to 6 carbons where the subscript d may be 0 or 1; R¹⁶ is hydrogen, amono functional hydrocarbon radical of from about 1 to about 6 carbons,or acyl radical from about 1 to about 19 carbon atoms. When thepolyether is composed of mixed oxyalkylene groups, such as thenon-limiting examples selected from the group consisting of oxyethylene,oxypropylene and oxybutylene, the units may be blocked, or randomlydistributed. One skilled in the art will understand the advantages ofusing a blocked or random configuration. Illustrative examples ofblocked configurations are: -(oxyethylene)_(a)(oxypropylene)_(b)-;-(oxybutylene)_(c)(oxyethylene)_(a)-; and-(oxypropylene)_(b)(oxyethylene)_(a)(oxybutylene)_(c)-] wherein a, b andc are zero or positive.

In an embodiment of the present invention, representative examples ofpolyether reactants containing one or more carbon to carbon double bondsare selected from the non-limiting group of CH₂═CHCH₂O(CH₂CH₂O)₈H;CH₂═CHCH₂O(CH₂CH₂O)₈CH₃; CH₂═CHCH₂O(CH₂CH₂O)₈CH₂CH₂CH₂CH₃;CH₂═CHCH₂O(CH₂CH₂O)₄(CH₂CH(CH₃)O)₅H; CH₂═CHO(CH₂CH₂O)₅(CH₂CH(CH₃)O)₅H;CH₂═C(CH₃)CH₂O(CH₂CH₂O)₄(CH₂CH(CH₃)O)₅C(═O)CH₃; andCH₂═CHCH₂O(CH₂CH₂O)₅(CH₂CH(CH₃)O)₂(CH₂CH(CH₂CH₃)O)₂H

Catalyst

In an embodiment of the present invention, suitable first stephydrosilylation catalysts include rhodium, ruthenium, palladium, osmium,platinum and iridium complexes. More specifically, a rhodium catalyst isa precious metal catalyst for the first step of the inventive methodgiving high selectivity. Most specifically, the rhodium catalystsemployed to effect the transformation in the first step are complexes ofRh(III) and Rh(I). In another embodiment of the present invention, thehydrosilylation catalysts for the first step are selected from the groupof trichlorotris (dibutyl sulfide) rhodium (III); tri(dibutyl) rhodiumchloride and tris(triphenylphosphine) rhodium chloride and morespecifically trichlorotris(dibutyl sulfide) rhodium (III) to effectformation of the monohydridosiloxane. A rhodium catalyzed first stepreaction results in surprising monohydridosiloxane selectivity at adihydridosiloxane to olefin ratio of about 1.3:1 to about 1:1.

In another embodiment of the present invention, instances where molarratio of the dihydridosiloxane compound to the olefin in the first stepis less than 4:1 to about 1:1, suitable precious metal catalysts mayinclude complexes of platinum. The platinum catalyst may be selectedfrom those having the formula (PtCl₂Olefin) and H(PtCl₃Olefin) asdescribed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,159,601, hereby incorporated by reference.In still another embodiment, platinum-containing material may be acomplex of chloroplatinic acid with up to 2 moles per gram of platinumof a member selected from the class consisting of alcohols, ethers,aldehydes and mixtures. In yet another embodiment, platinum-containingmaterials useful in this present invention is a Karstedt catalyst[Pt(H₂C═CSiMe₂OSiMe₂CH═CH₂)n].

The precious metal catalysts suitable for manufacture of theorganomodified siloxanes in the second step of the method includecomplexes of rhodium, ruthenium, palladium, osmium, iridium, orplatinum. Representative non-limiting examples are selected from thegroup consisting of Speier's Catalyst [H₂PtCl₆] and Karstedt's Catalyst[Pt(H₂C═CSiMe₂OSiMe₂CH═CH₂)n].

The level of catalyst employed for either step of the method may rangefrom 1000 ppm to 0.5 ppm of the precious metal and more specifically ina range from about 10 ppm to about 3 ppm. The level of catalyst is basedon the total charge of the dihydridosiloxane and the olefinic compound,

Other Reaction Parameters

In an embodiment of the present invention, the molar ratio of thedihydridosiloxane compound to the olefin in the first step may rangefrom about 10:1 to about 1:1, more specifically from less than about 4:1to about 1.1:1 most specifically, about 1.2:1. Increasing the ratio ofthe hydridosiloxane to the olefin may provide measurable increases inselectivity with diminishing returns at drastically elevated ratios. Aselectivity of greater than 90% may be achieved with the hydridosiloxaneto olefin ratio of greater than 1:1 to 1.3:1. In another embodiment, themolar ratio of the hydrocarbon or heterocarbon containing a carbon tocarbon double bond to the monohydridosiloxane in the second step mayrange from about 10:1 to about 1:1 and more specifically, a ratio ofabout 1.3:1.

The hydrosilylation reaction of the invention may be conducted over atemperature range of 0 to 120° C. but it is preferable to employtemperatures from 20-80° C. for the first step of the method and 80-100°C. for the second step to provide reasonable rates of reaction andsimplicity of equipment configuration.

Reactions may be conducted in “batch,” “semi-continuous” or “continuous”fashion with the preferred embodiment being “semi-continuous.” For stepone of the method (formation of the monohydridosiloxane), operation ofthe “semi-continuous” embodiment involves a staged addition of theolefinic compound to the hydridosiloxane or hydridosilane to permitcontrol of the reaction temperature. For step two of the method,operation of the “semi-continuous” embodiment involves the stagedaddition of the monohydridosiloxane or monohydridosilane to the olefin.The mode of operation may be dependent upon the hydridosiloxane andolefinic compound chosen as reaction constituents.

No compatibilizing agent or “solvent” is needed to carry out the processbut low levels may be added without compromising effectiveness of theprocess. If a compatibilizing agent is employed, a stripping ordistillation step may need to be incorporated in the process or thesolvent may remain in the product.

The hydrosilylation reaction may be optionally conducted in the presenceof additives or “buffering” agents, for example a buffering salt thatprevents the dehydrocondensation of hydroxyl groups with the SiH moiety.This technology is effective for preventing unwanted side reactionsduring the hydrosilylation of uncapped polyethers, e.g.,allylpolyethylene oxide glycol.

The hydrosilylation reaction may optionally be carried out in thepresence of sterically hindered nitrogen compounds. Depending on themethod of manufacture and the nature of the reactants, one or more ofthese additives may already be present during the hydrosilylationreaction. For example, a low, but sometimes adequate, level ofcarboxylic acid salts or phosphate salts may already be present inolefinically substituted polyalkylene oxides owing to inadvertentexposure to traces of oxygen during subsequent capping of hydroxylgroups with allylic, methallylic, methyl, or acyl groups, or toneutralization of basic catalysts with phosphoric acid, to suchinstances, the intentional addition of the salt or other additive may beunnecessary.

Use

The asymmetric siloxanes of the invention may impart resistance tohydrolysis over a wide pH range including an enhanced resistance tohydrolysis outside a pH range from 6 to 7.5. Enhanced resistance tohydrolysis may be demonstrated by a variety of tests but as used hereinenhanced resistance to hydrolysis means 50 mole percent or more of thehydrolysis resistant composition of the present invention remainsunchanged or unreacted after a period of a twenty-four exposure toaqueous acidic conditions where the solution has a pH lower than 6 orafter a period of a twenty-four hour exposure to aqueous basicconditions where the solution has a pH greater than 7.5. Under acidicconditions the compositions of the present invention show a survival of50 mole percent of the original concentration or greater at a pH of 5 orless for a period of time in excess of 48 hours; specifically thecompositions of the present invention show a survival of 50 mole percentor greater at a pH of 5 or less for a period of time in excess of 2weeks; more specifically the compositions of the present invention showa survival of 50 mole percent or greater at a pH of 5 or less for aperiod of time in excess of 1 month; and most specifically thecompositions of the present invention show a survival of 50 mole percentor greater at a pH of 5 or less for a period of time in excess of 6months. Under basic conditions the compositions of the present inventionshow a survival of 50 mole percent or greater at a pH of 8 or more for aperiod of time in excess of 2 weeks; specifically the compositions ofthe present invention show a survival of 50 mole percent or greater at apH of 8 or more for a period of time in excess of 4 weeks; morespecifically the compositions of the present invention show a survivalof 50 mole percent or greater at a pH of 8 or more for a period of timein excess of 6 months; and most specifically the compositions of thepresent invention show a survival of 50 mole percent or greater at a pHof 8 or more for a period of time in excess of 1 year.

Typical uses for invention product include pesticide, fungicide andinsecticide applications and other agrochemical applications includingagricultural, horticultural, turf, ornamental, home and garden,veterinary and forestry applications as well as in personal and homecare compositions as surfactants, coatings, excipients, surfactants orthe like.

Pesticide

Many pesticide applications require the addition of an adjuvant to aspray mixture to provide wetting and spreading on foliar surfaces. Oftenthat adjuvant is a siloxane surfactant, which may perform a variety offunctions, such as increasing spray droplet retention on difficult towet leaf surfaces, enhance spreading to improve spray coverage, or toprovide penetration of the herbicide into the plant cuticle. Theseadjuvants are provided either as a tank-side additive or used as acomponent in pesticide formulations.

The pesticidal compositions of the present invention include at leastone pesticide and the asymmetric silicone adjuvant or surfactant,present at an amount sufficient to deliver between 0.005% and 2% to thefinal use concentration, either as a concentrate or diluted in a tankmix. Optionally the pesticidal composition may include excipients,co-surfactants, solvents, foam control agents, deposition aids, driftretardants, biologicals, micronutrients, fertilizers and the like. Theterra pesticide means any compound used to destroy pests, e.g.,rodenticides, insecticides, miticides, fungicides, and herbicides.Illustrative examples of pesticides, which may be employed include, butare not limited to, growth regulators, photosynthesis inhibitors,pigment inhibitors, mitotic disrupters, lipid biosynthesis inhibitors,cell wall inhibitors, and cell membrane disrupters. The amount ofpesticide employed in compositions of the invention varies with the typeof pesticide employed. More specific examples of pesticide compoundsthat may be used with the compositions of the invention are, but notlimited to, herbicides and growth regulators, such as: phenoxy aceticacids, phenoxy propionic acids, phenoxy butyric acids, benzoic acids,triazines and s-triazines, substituted ureas, uracils, bentazon,desmedipham, methazole, phenmedipham, pyridate, araitrole, clomazone,fluridone, norflurazone, dinitroanilines, isopropalin, oryzalin,pendimethalin, prodiamine, trifluralin, glyphosate, sulfonylureas,imidazolinones, clethodim, diclofop-methyl, fenoxaprop-ethyl,fluazifop-p-butyl, haloxyfop-methyl, quizalofop, sethoxydim,dichlorobenil, isoxaben, and bipyridylium compounds.

Fungicide

Fungicide compositions that may be used with the present inventioninclude, but are not limited to, aldimorph, tridemorph, dodemorpb,dimethomorph; flusilazol, azaconazole, cyproconazole, epoxiconazole,fureonazole, propiconazole, tebuconazole and the like; imazalil,thiophanate, benomyl carbendazira, chlorothialonil, dicloran,trifloxystrobin, fluoxystrobin, dimoxystrobin, azoxystrobin, furcaranil,prochloraz, flusulfamide, famoxadone, captan, maneb, mancozeb, dodicin,dodine, and metalaxyl.

Insecticide

Insecticide, larvacide, miticide and ovacide compounds that may be usedwith the asymmetric siloxane of the invention include Bacillusthuringiensis, spinosad, abamectin, doramectin, lepimectin, pyrethrins,carbaryl, primicarb, aldicarb, methomyl, amitraz, boric acid,chlordimeform, novaluron, bistrifluron, triflumuron, diflubenzuron,imidacloprid, diazinon, acephate, endosulfan, kelevna, dimethoate,azinphos-ethyl, azinphos-methyl, izoxathion, chlorpyrifos, clofentezine,lambda-cyhalothrin, permethrin, bifenthrin, cypermethrin and the like.

The pesticide may be a liquid or a solid. If a solid, it is preferablethat it is soluble in a solvent, or the asymmetric siloxane of theinvention, prior to application, and the silicone may act as a solvent,or surfactant for such solubility or additional surfactants may performthis function.

Other Agrochemical Compositions

Buffers, preservatives and other standard excipients known in the artalso may be included in an agricultural composition with theasymmetrical silicone of the invention. Solvents may also be included incompositions of the present invention. These solvents are in a liquidstate at room temperature. Examples include water, alcohols, aromaticsolvents, oils (i.e. mineral oil, vegetable oil, silicone oil, and soforth), lower alkyl esters of vegetable oils, fatty acids, ketones,glycols, polyethylene glycols, diols, paraffinics, and so forth.Particular solvents would be 2,2,4-trimethyl, 1-3-pentane diol andalkoxylated (especially ethoxylated) versions thereof as illustrated inU.S. Pat. No. 5,674,832 herein incorporated by reference, orn-methyl-pyrrilidone.

In another useful embodiment, the agrochemical composition of thepresent invention further comprises one or more agrochemicalingredients. Suitable agrochemical ingredients include, but not limitedto herbicides, insecticides, growth regulators, fungicides, miticides,acaricides, fertilizers, biologicals, plant nutritionals,micronutrients, biocides, paraffinic mineral oil, methylated seed oils(i.e. methylsoyate or methylcanolate), vegetable oils (such as soybean,oil and canola oil), water conditioning agents such as Choice® (LovelandIndustries, Greeley, Colo.) and Quest (Helena Chemical, Collierville,Tenn.), modified clays such as Surround® (Englehard Corp.), foam controlagents, surfactants, wetting agents, dispersants, emulsifiers,deposition aids, antidrift components, and water.

Suitable agrochemical compositions are made by combining ingredients bymixing one or more of the above components with the organomodifiedsiloxane of the present invention, either as a tank-mix, or as an“In-can” formulation. The term “tank-mix” means the addition, of atleast one agrochemical to a spray medium, such as water or oil, at thepoint of use. The terra “In-can” refers to a formulation or concentratecontaining at least one agrochemical component. The “In-can” formulationmay then diluted to use concentration at the point of use, typically ina Tank-mix, or it may be used undiluted,

Personal Care Product

The asymmetrical silicone surfactant of the invention may be utilized inpersonal care emulsions, such as lotions, and creams. A personal careemulsion may comprise at least two immiscible phases one of which iscontinuous and the other which is discontinuous. Further emulsions maybe liquids with varying viscosities or they may be solids. Additionallythe particle size of the emulsions may be render them microemulsions andwhen sufficiently small microemulsions may be transparent. Further it isalso possible to prepare emulsions of emulsions and these are generallyknown as multiple emulsions. These emulsions may be: aqueous emulsionswhere the discontinuous phase comprises water and the continuous phasecomprises the organomodified trisiloxane surfactant of the presentinvention; aqueous emulsions where the continuous phase comprises theorganomodified trisiloxane surfactant of the present invention and thediscontinuous phase comprises water; non-aqueous emulsions where thediscontinuous phase comprises a non-aqueous hydroxylic solvent and thecontinuous phase comprises the organomodified trisiloxane surfactant ofthe present invention; and non-aqueous emulsions where the continuousphase comprises a non-aqueous hydroxylic organic solvent and thediscontinuous phase comprises the organomodified trisiloxane surfactantof the present invention.

As used herein the term “non-aqueous hydroxylic organic compound” meanshydroxyl containing organic compounds exemplified by alcohols, glycols,polyhydric alcohols and polymeric glycols and mixtures thereof that areliquid at room temperature, e.g. about 25° C., and about one atmospherepressure. The non-aqueous organic hydroxylic solvents are selected fromthe group consisting of hydroxyl containing organic compounds comprisingalcohols, glycols, polyhydric alcohols and polymeric glycols andmixtures thereof that are liquid at room temperature, e.g. about 25° C.,and about one atmosphere pressure. Preferably the non-aqueous hydroxylicorganic solvent is selected from the group consisting of ethyleneglycol, ethanol, propyl alcohol, iso-propyl alcohol, propylene glycol,dipropylene glycol, tripropylene glycol, butylene glycol, iso-butyleneglycol, methyl propane diol, glycerin, sorbitol, polyethylene glycol,polypropylene glycol mono alkyl ethers, polyoxyalkylene copolymers andmixtures thereof.

Once the desired, form is attained whether as a silicone only phase, ananhydrous mixture comprising the silicone phase, a hydrous mixturecomprising the silicone phase, a water-in-oil emulsion, an oil-in-wateremulsion, or either of the two non-aqueous emulsions or variationsthereon, the resulting material is usually a cream or lotion withimproved deposition properties and good feel characteristics. It iscapable of being blended into formulations for hair care, skin care,antiperspirants, sunscreens, cosmetics, color cosmetics, insectrepellants, vitamin and hormone carriers, fragrance carriers and thelike.

Personal care applications for the inventive asymmetrical siliconeinclude deodorants, antiperspirants, antiperspirant/deodorants, shavingproducts, skin lotions, moisturizers, toners, bath products, cleansingproducts, hair care products such as shampoos, conditioners, mousses,styling gels, hair sprays, hair dyes, hair color products, hairbleaches, waving products, hair straighteners, manicure products such asnail polish, nail polish remover, nails creams and lotions, cuticlesofteners, protective creams such as sunscreen, insect repellent andanti-aging products, color cosmetics such as lipsticks, foundations,face powders, eye liners, eye shadows, blushes, makeup, mascaras andother personal care formulations where silicone components have beenconventionally added, as well as drug delivery systems for topicalapplication of medicinal compositions that are to be applied to theskin.

In another useful embodiment, a personal care composition of theinvention further comprises one or more personal care ingredients.Suitable personal care ingredients include, for example, emollients,moisturizers, humectants, pigments, including pearlescent pigments suchas, for example, bismuth oxychloride and titanium dioxide coated mica,colorants, fragrances, biocides, preservatives, antioxidants,anti-microbial agents, anti-fungal agents, antiperspirant agents,exfoliants, hormones, enzymes, medicinal compounds, vitamins, salts,electrolytes, alcohols, polyols, absorbing agents for ultravioletradiation, botanical extracts, surfactants, silicone oils, organic oils,waxes, film formers, thickening agents such as, for example, fumedsilica or hydrated silica, particulate fillers, such as for example,talc, kaolin, starch, modified starch, mica, nylon, clays, such as, forexample, bentonite and organo-modified clays.

Suitable personal care compositions are made by mixing one or more ofthe above components with the asymmetrical silicone surfactant Suitablepersonal care compositions may be in the form of a single phase or inthe form of an emulsion, including oil-in-water, water-in-oil andanhydrous emulsions where the silicone phase may be either thediscontinuous phase or the continuous phase, as well as multipleemulsions, such as, for example, oil-in water-in-oil emulsions andwater-in-oil-in water-emulsions.

In one useful embodiment, an antiperspirant composition comprises theorganomodified trisiloxane surfactant of the present invention and oneor more active antiperspirant agents. Suitable antiperspirant agentsinclude, for example, the Category I active antiperspirant ingredientslisted in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Oct. 10, 1993Monograph on antiperspirant drug products for over-the-counter humanuse, such as, for example, aluminum halides, aluminum hydroxyhalides,for example, aluminum chlorohydrate, and complexes or mixtures thereofwith zirconyl oxyhalides and zirconyl hydroxyhalides, such as forexample, aluminum-zirconium chlorohydrate, aluminum zirconium glycinecomplexes, such as, for example, aluminum zirconium tetrachlorohydrexglycine.

In another useful embodiment, a skin care composition comprises theorganomodified trisiloxane surfactant, and a vehicle, such as, forexample, a silicone oil or an organic oil. The skin care compositionmay, optionally, further include emollients, such as, for example,triglyceride esters, wax esters, alkyl or alkenyl esters of fatty acidsor polyhydric alcohol esters and one or more the known componentsconventionally used in skin care compositions, such as, for example,pigments, vitamins, such as, for example, Vitamin A, Vitamin C andVitamin E, sunscreen or sunblock compounds, such as, for example,titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, oxybenzone, octylmethoxy cinnamate,butylmethoxy dibenzoylm ethane, p-aminobenzoic acid and octyldimethyl-p-aminobenzoic acid.

In another useful embodiment, a color cosmetic composition, such as, forexample, a lipstick, a makeup or a mascara composition comprises theorganomodified trisiloxane surfactant, and a coloring agent, such as apigment, a water soluble dye or a liposoluble dye.

In another useful embodiment, the compositions of the present inventionare utilized in conjunction with fragrant materials. These fragrantmaterials may be fragrant compounds, encapsulated fragrant compounds, orfragrance releasing compounds that either the neat compounds or areencapsulated. Particularly compatible with the compositions of thepresent invention are the fragrance releasing silicon containingcompounds as disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,046,156; 6,054,547;6,075,111; 6,077,923; 6,083,901; and 6,153,578; all of which are herein,and herewith specifically incorporated by reference.

The uses of the compositions of the present invention are not restrictedto personal care compositions, other products such, as waxes, polishesand textiles treated with the compositions of the present, invention arealso contemplated.

Home Care Composition

Home care applications include laundry detergent and fabric softener,dishwashing liquids, wood and furniture polish, floor polish, tub andtile cleaners, toilet bowl cleaners, hard surface cleaners, windowcleaners, antifog agents, drain cleaners, auto-dish washing detergentsand sheeting agents, carpet cleaners, prewash spotters, rust cleanersand scale removers.

Coating

The asymmetrical silicone of the invention may be included in a coatingcomposition as a wetting agent or surfactant for the purpose ofemulsification, compatibilization of components, leveling, flow andreduction of surface defects. Additionally, the asymmetrical siliconemay provide improvements in cured or dry film, such as improved abrasionresistance, antiblocking, hydrophilic, and hydrophobic properties.Coatings formulations may exists as, Solvent-borne coatings, water-bornecoatings and powder coatings.

An asymmetrical silicone coating composition may be employed as anarchitecture coating; OEM product coating such as an automotive coatingand coil coating and as a special purpose coating such as an industrialmaintenance coating or marine coating.

Surfactant

The asymmetrical silicone may be used as a surfactant. Moreover, otherco-surfactants, which have short chain hydrophobes that do not interferewith superspreading. The surfactants useful herein with the asymmetricalsilicone include nonionic, cationic, anionic, amphoteric, zwitterionic,polymeric surfactants, or any mixture thereof. Surfactants are typicallyhydrocarbon, based, silicone based or fluorocarbon based. Other usefulsurfactants include alkoxylates, especially ethoxylates, containingblock copolymers including copolymers of ethylene oxide, propyleneoxide, butylene oxide, and mixtures thereof; alkylarylalkoxylates,especially ethoxylates or propoxylates and their derivatives includingalkyl phenol ethoxylate; arylarylalkoxylates, especially ethoxylates orpropoxylates, and their derivatives; amine alkoxylates, especially amineethoxylates; fatty acid alkoxylates; fatty alcohol alkoxylates; alkylsulfonates; alkyl benzene and alkyl naphthalene sulfonates; sulfatedfatty alcohols, amines or acid amides; acid esters of sodiumisethionate; esters of sodium sulfosuccinate; sulfated or sulfonatedfatty acid, esters; petroleum sulfonates; N-acyl sarcosinates; alkylpolyglycosides; alkyl ethoxylated amines; and so forth.

Specific examples include alkyl acetylenic diols (SUEFONYL—AirProducts), pyrrilodone based surfactants (e.g., SURFADONE—LP 100-ISP),2-ethyl hexyl sulfate, isodecyl alcohol ethoxylates (e.g., RHODASURF DA530—Rhodia), ethylene diamine alkoxylates (TETRONICS—BASF), and ethyleneoxide propylene oxide copolymers (PLURONICS—BASF) and Gemini, typesurfactants (Rhodia).

Preferred surfactants with the inventive asymmetrical silicone includeethylene oxide/propylene oxide copolymers (EO/PO); amine ethoxylates;alkyl polyglycosides; oxo-tridecyl alcohol ethoxylates, and so forth.

The following Examples are illustrative and should not be construed as alimitation on the scope of the claims unless a limitation isspecifically recited.

EXAMPLES

The process of the present invention is illustrated by the followingexamples. All percentages are by weight unless otherwise indicated. In ageneralized processing to form the asymmetric organomodified siloxane adihydridosiloxane is weighed into a reaction vessel. The vessel isfitted, with a thermocouple, dry-ice condenser, nitrogen purge tube,addition funnel and overhead stirrer. A desired quantity of catalyst isadded to the dihydridosiloxane in the reaction vessel. A predeterminedamount of olefin is added via an addition funnel. Agitation of thevessel contents is initiated at ambient temperature. Addition of theolefin is initiated at a controlled rate in order to maintain thetemperature of the reaction to less than 70° C. Upon completion ofolefin addition, the material is held at 70° C. to ensure reactioncompletion. Depending upon the excess of the dihydridosiloxane employedand the desired purity of the monohydridosiloxane product, the resultingproduct may either be distilled or stripped, prior to the next step inthe sequence.

A desired olefin for the second hydrosilylation step of the method isweighed into a reaction vessel along with 10-15 weight percent of thetotal monohydridosiloxane charge (the total monohydridosiloxane chargeis based upon the molar excess of olefin desired). The vessel is fittedwith an overhead stirrer, dry-ice condenser, nitrogen purge lube,addition funnel and overhead stirrer. A remaining amount of themonohydridosiloxane is then added to the addition funnel. Agitation ofthe vessel contents is initiated and the temperature of the vesselcontents brought to 80° C. A desired quantity of the selected secondhydrosilylation catalyst is added to the reaction vessel and theexotherm monitored. Once the temperature of the reaction plateaus,addition of the monohydridosiloxane is initiated at a controlled rate inorder to maintain the temperature of the reaction to less than 110° C.Upon completion of olefin addition, the material is held at 90° C. toensure reaction completion. The product material is stripped to removeresidual lites.

Example 1 Step 1—Formation of 1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane (1 Mole of TMDSO to 1 Mole of TMVS)

To a 4-necked, 1 L round bottom flask, equipped with an overheadstirrer, dry ice/IPA condenser, temperature controller, nitrogen purgetube and a 500 mL addition funnel, the following materials were charged:288.9 grams of tetramethyldisiloxane (TMDSO; purity=97%), and 96microliters of tris(dibutylsulfide) rhodium trichloride (rhodiumcatalyst; 3% Rh; 5 ppm Rh). Next, 211.1 grams of trimethylvinylsilane(TMVS; 99% purity) was added to the addition runnel. Agitation of theflask, contents was initiated at ambient temperature (23° C.) along withthe slow addition of TMVS. An exotherm was noted within 2 minutes of theaddition of the TMVS to the flask. The TMVS was added to the agitatingmixture at a rate of 1.35 g/min in order to keep the reactiontemperature under 70° C. Upon completion, of the addition of TMVS, thereaction mixture was allowed to stir for an additional 30 minutes. Theresultant product purity as analyzed by gas chromatography contained90.2% of the 1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane(Structure 1), 7.1% of the bis-adduct and 1.7% TMDSO. Isolation of thepure product was effected via distillation. To a 2 L, 2-necked roundbottom flask equipped with a magnetic stir bar, 10-tray vacuum jacketedOldershaw distillation column (inner diameter=1 inch), distillationhead, 500 mL receiver, heating mantle and temperature controller, wasadded 946.6 grains of the crude product. A digital manometer, dryice/IPA trap, and vacuum pump were then attached to the set-up.Agitation was initiated along with beating of the flask contents.Product was distilled overhead at 135° C. and 9 mm Hg vacuum. 810.1grams of greater than 99% pure (via GC)1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane (Structure 1)was obtained, lire balance of the material was comprised of 12.6 gramsof kites and 120 grams of heavies for a total recovery of 99.6% of thestarting crude material.

Step 2—Hydrosilylation of1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane

To a 4-necked, 500 mL round bottom flask, equipped with an overheadstirrer, Friedrich condenser, temperature controller, nitrogen purgetube and 250 mL addition funnel, were charged 211.4 grams of a methylcapped allylpolyethyleneglycol (MW ˜400 g/mole). To the addition funnelwas added 89.0 grams of1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane from Step 1.Under a nitrogen blanket, agitation was initiated and the temperature ofthe flask contents brought to 80° C. At 80° C., the reaction wascatalyzed with 0.14 mL of 3.3% hexachloroplatinic acid solution inethanol (5 ppm) and the addition of1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane was initiated.Within two minutes, the reaction exothermed. The1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane was added to theagitating mixture at a rate that enabled control of the reactiontemperature. Upon completion of the addition of1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane, the reactionmixture was allowed to stir for an additional 90 minutes at 80° C. Noresidual silanic hydrogen was detected in the product (Structure 2).

Example 2 Step 1—Formation of1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane (1.33 Moles ofTMDSO to 1 Mole TMVS)

To a 4-necked, 1 L round bottom flask, equipped with an overheadstirrer, dry ice/IPA condenser, temperature controller, nitrogen purgetube and a 500 mL addition funnel, the following materials were charged:320.5 grams of tetramethyldisiloxane (TMDSO; purity=97%), and 96microliters of tris(dibutylsulfide) rhodium trichloride (rhodiumcatalyst; 3% Rh; 5 ppm Rh). Next, 179.5 grams of trimethylvinylsilane(TMVS; 99% purity) was added to the addition funnel. Agitation of theflask contents was initiated at ambient temperature (23° C.) along withthe slow addition of TMVS. An exotherm was noted within 2 minutes of theaddition of the TMVS to the flask. The TMVS was added to the agitatingmixture at a rate of 1.26 g/min in order to keep the reactiontemperature under 70° C. Upon completion of the addition of TMVS, thereaction mixture was allowed to stir for an additional 30 minutes. Tireresultant product purity as analyzed by gas chromatography was 81.7% ofthe 1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane (Structure1), 2.5% of the hb-adduct and 15.4% TMDSO. Isolation of the product waseffected via stripping. In this particular instance, the aim of thestrip was solely to remove the lites from the mixture. To a 1 L,4-necked round bottom flask equipped with a pneumatic overhead stirrer,10-tray vacuum jacketed Oldershaw distillation column (inner diameter=1inch), distillation head, 500 mL receiver, heating mantle andtemperature controller, was added 497.3 grams of the crude product. Adigital manometer, dry ice/IPA trap, and vacuum pump were then attachedto the set-up. Agitation was initiated along with heating of the flaskcontents. At a temperature of 140° C. and a vigorous N₂ sparge, 74.1grams of lites (95.4% TMDSO) was removed from the flask contents. Theremaining material in the flask (414.8 grams) was comprised of the1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane (Structure 1)(94.8% via GC) and the bis-substituted by-product (5.2% via GC). Thisrepresented a total recovery of 98.3% of the starting crude material.

Step 2—Hydrosilylation of1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane

To a 4-necked, 500 mL round bottom flask, equipped with an overheadstirrer, Friedrich condenser, temperature controller, nitrogen purgetube and 250 mL addition funnel, were charged 208.8 grams of a methylcapped allylpolyethyleneglycol (MW ˜400 g/mole). To the addition funnelwas added 91.5 grams of1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane from Step 1.Under a nitrogen blanket, agitation was initiated and the temperature ofthe flask contents brought to 80° C. At 80° C., the reaction wascatalyzed with 0.14 mL of 3.3% hexachloroplatinic acid solution inethanol (5 ppm) and the addition of1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane was initiated.Within two minutes, the reaction exothermed. The1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane was added to theagitating mixture at a rate of 1.73 g/min in order to control thereaction temperature. Upon completion of the addition of1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane, the reactionmixture was allowed to stir for an additional 90 minutes at 80° C. Noresidual silanic hydrogen was detected in the product (Structure 2).

Example 3 Step 1—Formation of1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane (1.5 Moles ofTMDSO to 1 Mole TMVS)

To a 4-necked, 250 mL round bottom, flask, equipped with a stirrer, dryice/IPA condenser, temperature controller, nitrogen purge tube and a 500mL addition funnel, the following materials were charged: 51.6 grams oftetramethyldisiloxane (TMDSO: purity=97%), tris(triphenylphosphine)rhodium chloride (rhodium catalyst; 100 ppm Rh). Next, 25.6 grams oftrimethylvinylsilane (TMVS; 99% purity) was added to the additionfunnel. Agitation of the flask contents was initiated and thetemperature brought to 60° C. Addition of the TMVS was initialed and anexotherm was noted within 2 minutes of the addition of the TMVS to theflask. The TMVS was added, to the agitating mixture at a rate of 1.0g/min in order to keep the reaction temperature tinder 70° C. Uponcompletion of the addition of TMVS, the reaction mixture was allowed tostir for an additional hour at 65° C., then sampled for GC analysts;found residual tetramethyldisiloxane and 94:6M′M^(R): M^(R)M^(R)). Theresulting material was distilled fractionally under vacuum (approx. 30mm Hg) to yield 51.6 g of1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane (Structure 1),99.1% GC purity.

Step 2—Hydrosilylation of1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane

To a 4-necked, 100 mL round bottom flask, equipped with an overheadstirrer, Friedrich condenser, temperature controller, nitrogen purgetube and addition funnel, were charged 11.5 grams of a methyl cappedallylpolyethyleneglycol (MW ˜400 g/mole) and 3 grams of isopropanol. Tothe addition funnel was added 5 grams of1(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane from Step 1.Under a nitrogen blanket, agitation was initiated and the temperature ofthe flask contents brought to 70° C. At 70° C., the reaction wascatalyzed with 16 μL hexachloroplatinic acid solution in ethanol (10ppm) and the addition of1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane was initiated.Within two minutes, the reaction exothermed. The1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane was added to theagitating mixture at a rate that enabled control of the reactiontemperature. Upon completion of the addition of1-(2-trimethylsilylethyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane, the reactionmixture was allowed to stir for an additional 60 minutes at 70° C. Noresidual silanic hydrogen was detected in the product. The product waspermitted to cool to room temperature, neutralized with damp sodiumbicarbonate, filtered with Celite, and stripped at 70° C. and 5 mm Hgfor 2 hours to yield 12.1 g of a clear, pale yellow fluid (Structure 2).

The invention includes changes and alterations that fall within thepurview of the following claims. The foregoing examples are merelyillustrative of the invention, serving to illustrate only some of thefeatures of the present invention. The appended claims are intended toclaim the invention as broadly as it has been conceived and the examplesherein presented are illustrative of selected embodiments from amanifold of all possible embodiments. Accordingly it is Applicants'intention that the appended claims are not to be limited by the choiceof examples utilized to illustrate features of the present invention.

As used in the claims, the word “comprises” and its grammatical variantslogically also subtend and include phrases of varying and differingextent such as for example, but not limited thereto, “consistingessentially of” and “consisting of.”

Where necessary, ranges have been supplied, those ranges are inclusiveof all sub-ranges there between. Such ranges may be viewed as a Markushgroup or groups consisting of differing pairwise numerical limitationswhich group or groups is or are fully defined by its lower and upperbounds, increasing in a regular fashion numerically from lower bounds toupper bounds. It is to be expected that variations in these ranges willsuggest themselves to a practitioner having ordinary skill in the artand where not already dedicated to the public, those variations shouldwhere possible be construed to be covered by the appended claims.

It is also anticipated that advances in science and technology will makeequivalents and substitutions possible that are not now contemplated byreason of the imprecision of language and these variations should alsobe construed where possible to be covered by the appended claims.

All U.S. patents (and patent applications) referenced herein areherewith and hereby specifically incorporated by reference in theirentirety as though set forth in full.

The invention includes changes and alterations that fall within thepurview of the following claims.

1. An asymmetric siloxane, comprising: asymmetric MD_(x)M′ whereM=R¹R²R³SiO_(1/2) and M′=R⁴R⁵R⁶SiO_(1/2); wherein D=(R)₂SiO, R is ahydrocarbon radical, and x is an integer 0≦x≦10; each of R¹, R², R⁴ andR⁵ is a same or different hydrocarbon radical, alkoxy radical oralkenyloxy radical, R³ is an ethylene linked silane radical and R⁶ is apolyalkylene oxide radical.
 2. The asymmetric siloxane of claim 1,wherein at least one of R¹, R², R⁴ and R⁵ is C₁ to C₁₂ alkyl radical. 3.The asymmetric siloxane of claim 1, wherein each of R¹, R², R⁴ and R⁵ isa same or different C₁ to C₁₂ alkyl radical.
 4. The asymmetric siloxaneof claim 1, wherein at least one of R¹, R², R⁴ and R⁵ is a C₁ to C₁₂alkyl radical selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl,propyl, butyl, isopentyl, n-hexyl and decyl.
 5. The asymmetric siloxaneof claim 1, wherein each of R¹, R², R⁴ and R⁵ is a radical-selected fromthe group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, isopentyl, n-hexyland decyl.
 6. The asymmetric siloxane of claim 1, wherein each of R², R⁴and R⁵ is a cycloaliphatic radical containing 5 to 12 carbon atoms, anarylalkyl radical or an aryl radical.
 7. The asymmetric siloxane ofclaim 1, wherein at least one of R¹, R², R⁴ and R⁵ is a cycloaliphaticradical containing 5 to 12 carbon atoms, an arylalkyl radical or an arylradical.
 8. The asymmetric siloxane of claim 1, wherein each of R¹, R²,R⁴ and R⁵ is a radical selected from the group consisting of cyclohexyl,cyclooctyl, phenylethyl, tolyl and xylyl.
 9. The asymmetric siloxane ofclaim 1, wherein at least one of R¹, R², R⁴ and R⁵ is a cycloaliphaticradical selected from the group consisting of cyclohexyl, cyclooctyl,phenylethyl, tolyl and xylyl.
 10. The asymmetric siloxane of claim 1,wherein each of R¹, R², R⁴ and R⁵ is a C₁ to C₁₂ alkoxy radical.
 11. Theasymmetric siloxane of claim 1, wherein at least one of R¹, R², R⁴ andR⁵ is a C₁ to C₁₂ alkoxy radical.
 12. The asymmetric siloxane of claim1, wherein each of R¹, R², R⁴ and R⁵ is a C₁ to C_(o) alkoxy radicalselected from the group consisting of methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, butoxyand decyloxy.
 13. The asymmetric siloxane of claim 1, wherein at leastone of R¹, R², R⁴ and R⁵ is a C₁ to C₁₂ alkoxy radical selected from thegroup consisting of methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, butoxy and decyloxy. 14.The asymmetric siloxane of claim 1, wherein R⁶ is aCH₃(OCH₂CH₂)_(a)(CH₂CH(CH₃)O)_(b)—CH₂CH₂CH₂— radical in which thesubscripts a and b can vary from 0 to about 200 and a+b>0.
 15. Theasymmetric siloxane of claim 1, wherein each of R¹, R², R⁴ and R⁵ ismethyl.
 16. The asymmetric siloxane of claim 1, wherein at least one ofR¹, R², R⁴ and R⁵ is methyl.
 17. The asymmetric siloxane of claim 1,wherein x=0 (MM′).
 18. The asymmetric siloxane of claim 1, wherein R⁶ isa polyalkylene oxide radical of the general formula:R¹⁵(C₂H₄O)_(a)(C₃H₆O)_(b)(C₄H₈O)_(c)R¹⁶ where R¹⁵ is a divalent linearor branched hydrocarbon radical having the structure—CH₂—CH(R¹³)(R¹²)_(d)O— where R¹³ is H or methyl; R¹² is a divalentalkyl radical of 1 to 6 carbons where the subscript d may be 0 or 1; R¹⁶is selected from the group consisting of H, monovalent hydrocarbonradicals of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and acetyl where the subscripts a,b and c are zero or positive and satisfy the relationships 2≦a+b+c≦20with a ≧2.
 19. The asymmetric siloxane of claim 1, wherein the R³ethylene linked silane radical is trimethylsilane, triethylsilane,dimethyl-tert-butoxysilane, dimethylisopropoxysilane,tris-(trimethylsiloxy)silane, methyl-bis-(tert-butoxy)silane and ortris-(tert-butoxy)silane.